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On the Cincinnati 11:00 PMnews tonight (Ch.9, ABC) there was a lengthy segment about Pallidotomy. It featured a 71 yr. old atty.,Hugh Holbrock,of Butler county, who was on the point of calling Dr. Kevorkian, when he learned of the availability of the pal. in Cincy. Dr. Samaha and Dr.Taha(?) of Mayfield Clinic were featured, as well as scenes of "before and after": tremor/no tremor, and the patient in the O.R. with the head gear during the surgery. H.Mr.H. was ecstatic "after", and there was no indication that this was not a complete cure for him....they will consider doing the other side in a few months, apparently. Mention was made that this is available "all over the country". Last year Dr. Samaha's nurse came to our seminar in Oxford, and will speak to our support group this spring. I believe she has been trained at Emory in the stereotactic mapping technique, and this will be used in Cincy. The Unov. of Cincy hospitals are a "Center of Excellence I think--at least Samaha is a movement disorder specialist. (I've been tryingfor a year to get Peter to go to him for a consult, BTW.)The piece aired , I'm sure, because they've just started doing pals there. They also showed a Cincy phone # for Parkinson info....not bad publicity, though not ideal, either, if it gave the impression that now PD was licked! :-( Thought you'd be interested. Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter, 78/7, Oxford,Ohio [log in to unmask] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Ask me about the CARE list for PD caregivers!" * * * * * * * * * * * * * *